I looked many years ago, and that was the only 2 times he visited.
Jules who lives in Ithaca, near cornell u. :)

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ps: I should also mention as well the irony of the fact that the website refers to the "Twins of Genius," considering the recent kerfuffle. . . . -hb

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm thinking about revising this little memoir of my time at Quarry 
> Farm; last time there I spent a day at Cornell.  (Wow, what  a 
> campus!)
>
> There is a wonderful little video at the Cornell website about his 
> visits to Ithaca.  I wonder if there is more to know, however?  The 
> website says
> simply:  "Mark Twain came to Ithaca twice while visiting nearby Elmira:
> once in the summer of 1877 to see friends, and then again in December 
> 1884 as part of his "Twins of Genius" lecture tour."
>
> MT did know Andrew Dickson White, the president of Cornell, and others.
> White is in the Autobiography.  I just wonder if there are other 
> visits, or if anyone else knows more about Twain in relation to 
> Cornell??  I'm just curious, only that ...
>
> If you have never seen this video, it's definitely worth 10 minutes:
>
> http://www.cornell.edu/video/mark-twains-cornell
>
> -hb
>
>
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Prof. Harold K. Bush
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3800 Lindell
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO  63108
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